O healing properties ah beekeeping products have been known for a long time. Not only folk, but also modern scientific medicine uses honey in the treatment various diseases... Honey restores and gives strength, mobilizes the protective functions of the body, raises immunity. Hippocrates, who widely used honey in medical practice, advised to use it daily. Honey, according to Japanese doctors, is the king of natural products that have a beneficial effect on the human body.

Even in ancient times, people noticed that hunters for wild honey did not suffer from diseases of the joints, vascular system, had good health and were long-livers. And oddly enough, this was because they were often stung by bees. Bee venom turned out to be an excellent medicine. Traditional medicine has long used bee stings in the treatment of rheumatic and other diseases associated with the common cold. Bee Venom also proved to be effective in the treatment of diseases of the nervous system and changes in the heart muscle. It also reduces inflammation. People say about bees: "Whom they sting, that one they favor." From time immemorial, another saying has come down to us, when people wished health, they often said: "Let the bee sting you."

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Pollen is called a miracle product. She, like honey, serves as food for bees, is rich in proteins and vitamins. It contains fats, mineral salts, growth substances, hormones. The pollen is recommended to use for anemia, exhaustion, weakness and many other diseases.
The desire of people to know is increasing more and more. the impact of beekeeping products on humans.

What you need to know about honey

Highest grades of honey(containing the least amount of moisture) are obtained when it flows out of the honeycomb under the influence of its own gravity (gravity honey) or when centrifuged in special apparatus. Lower grades of honey(high humidity) is obtained by melting honey from a honeycomb on a fire.

The most popular is natural flower honey... Especially such varieties of it: linden, buckwheat, acacia, sweet clover, mustard, cotton, sunflower... Honey gets its name from the plants from which the bees collect nectar. Light varieties of honey (acacia, lime, etc.) are most valued, with the exception of buckwheat. Darker varieties are richer in minerals that are valuable to the body.

The chemical composition of honey

Honey contains about 60 various substances... The main components of all varieties are carbohydrates: glucose (grape sugar) and fructose (fruit sugar)... 100 g of honey contains 0.3 - 3.3% protein, 77.2% carbohydrates and provides the body with 335 calories of energy.

Honey contains a number of enzymes that significantly accelerate metabolic reactions in the body. Of the minerals, honey contains salts of calcium, sodium, magnesium, iron, sulfur, iodine, chlorine, phosphorus. Honey also contains trace elements: manganese, silicon, aluminum, boron, chromium, copper, lithium, nickel, lead, tin, zinc, osmium and others. Honey includes a number of organic acids: malic, grape, citric, lactic, oxalic and vitamins.

In honey is relatively large amount of vitamin IN 2(0.5 mg%), PP(0.2 mg%), WITH(2 mg%), AT 6, N(biotin), E, TO, pantothenic acid, folic acid .

Storage of honey

Bee honey is very well preserved... Candied honey, if desired, can be easily turned into liquid honey. To do this, place a vessel with honey in hot water (temperature up to 60 ° C).

In conditions of high humidity at a temperature of + 11-19 ° С honey can turn sour. Store honey should be carried out at a temperature of + 5-10 ° C in a dry, well-ventilated room. The most convenient glassware for storing honey, as well as barrels of linden, aspen, alder, poplar. Honey darkens in oak barrels. Do not leave honey in galvanized or aluminum dishes.

Honey consumption rate

With the benefit of the body, using honey as a food or dietary substance, an adult can eat it per day, 100-150 g in several doses. To make honey better absorbed, it should be taken 1.5-2 hours before meals or 3 hours later. The most beneficial use of honey with warm boiled water, tea or milk, although a small amount (2 - 3 teaspoons) can be taken with carbohydrate foods. Each person is different, therefore the amount and method of using honey is unique for each person.

It is better to give honey to children together with porridge, fruit or tea. In this form, honey is best absorbed. 1-2 teaspoons a day is enough for a child.

Contraindications for use

Some people it is forbidden to use honey due to hypersensitivity to him. From honey, they get hives, itching, runny nose, headaches, gastrointestinal disorders. Such persons honey is contraindicated.

Honey can be used for diabetes mellitus, in moderation, but after consulting your doctor. It is necessary to consult a doctor before giving honey to children with scrofula and exudative diathesis.

Mostly in there are practically no direct contraindications for honey, so it can be used by everyone - healthy and sick.

Honey as a remedy

Being a source of easily digestible carbohydrates - glucose and fructose, it contains a unique set of vitamins, minerals, organic acids, enzymes, trace elements, antibacterial substances, biogenic stimulants, honey can be called an amazing natural medicine, which has a unique effect on the human body. Have you ever wondered how much benefit this product can bring? What diseases can be cured or prevented, if you know how to use honey correctly? Surely many interesting and useful properties and facts about honey you haven't even heard. In this case, I recommend reading the well-known and very informative book described at the beginning of the article "Secrets of bee honey", where the author describes in detail the varieties of honey, medicinal properties, gives examples, recipes for various dishes and drinks. After using honey, you make your body healthier, and health - stronger, body - younger. Daily use of honey will do a lot more good than many other foods.

The effects of honey on wounds

The property of honey is increased blood flow and outflow of lymph, which wash the wound and create good conditions to nourish the cells in the wound area. Honey also has a detrimental effect on microbes (intestinal and dysentery bacilli, streptococci, staphylococci, etc.).

V folk medicine honey add to broths medicinal herbs, vegetable juices used in the treatment of various wounds and ulcers.

The effect of honey on the gastrointestinal tract

Daily moderate consumption of honey has a positive effect on the intestines.

Use honey as a mild laxative. Take 50-100 g of honey in pure form or dissolved in water. Apply an enema with 10 - 20 g of honey.

Recommended to apply honey for gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer... To do this, dissolve honey in a glass of warm boiled water, take 30-60 g in the morning and evening, 40-80 g in the afternoon, 1.5-2 hours before breakfast, lunch and 3 hours after dinner. Dissolved honey liquefies mucus in the stomach, relieves pain, eliminates nausea, heartburn.

To activate bowel emptying function, you need to pass through a meat grinder 400 g of dried apricots, 400 g of pitted prunes and one pack of Alexandrian leaf. To this mass add 200 g of natural honey in a liquid state and mix well. Take 1 teaspoon at dinner with warm water.

With gastritis with high acidity, you need 1 tbsp. dissolve a spoonful of honey in warm water. Take 1.5 - 2 hours before meals. The course of treatment is 1.5 - 2 months.

With gastritis with low acidity, you need 1 tbsp. a spoonful of honey in dissolve in cold water... Take 1.5 - 2 hours before meals. The course of treatment is also 1.5 - 2 months.

With gastritis with normal and low acidity gastric juice, with atonic colitis, enterocolitis, mix 500 g of honey with 500 g of plantain juice and boil over very low heat for 20 minutes. Take chilled juice before meals for 1 tbsp. spoon 3 times a day. Store in a dark place.

With diseases of the liver, spleen, gallbladder mix a glass of honey and a glass of black radish juice, take 0.5 cups 3 times a day. The mixture, with systematic use, prevents the formation of stones in the gallbladder, increases hemoglobin in the liver, improves tissue metabolism, and has a beneficial effect on digestion.

The effect of honey on the exchange of substances

Honey is used as a remedy for exhaustion and weakening of the body. The most popular recipes recommended for tuberculosis disease and the body's needs for enhanced nutrition.

Heat (but not boil) together 10 g of honey, 100 g of butter, 100 g of lard or goose fat, 15 g of aloe juice, 100 g of cocoa. Take 1 tbsp. spoon in a glass of hot milk twice a day.

Rinse and grind aloe leaves, squeeze out the juice. Take 250 g of aloe juice, 250 g of honey, 350 g of wine. Insist in a dark place at a temperature of 4 - 8 ° C for 4 days. Take 1 tbsp. spoon three times a day for 30 minutes. before meals.

Aloe leaves at the age of 3 - 5 years should be kept in the dark at a temperature of 4 - 8 ° C for 14 - 12 days. Then rinse the leaves in water, grind and pour boiled water in a ratio of 1: 3. Infuse for 1-1.5 hours, squeeze the resulting juice. Mix 100 g of aloe juice with 500 g of chopped walnuts s, add 300 g of honey. Take 1 tbsp. spoon 3 times a day for 30 minutes. before meals.

If you want to improve metabolism and lose weight, then honey is an irreplaceable product for you. By consuming it regularly, in certain quantities and according to a special recipe, you can put your body in order. In addition, it is worth considering that we are all sweet tooth, and sometimes it is so difficult to refuse sweets (especially when you are on a diet). And honey is a great (and very healthy) alternative to pastries, sweets and cakes. In the book "Secrets of Bee Honey" you will find 5 ways to lose weight using honey. Thanks to such simple recipes, you will not only lose weight, but also improve your health.

Despite the fact that nowadays store shelves are filled with all kinds of goods, finding natural and healthy products is not an easy task. But the products should also be healthy. The same situation is with honey. There are a large number of honey fairs and exhibitions, many options are presented in stores, a product called "honey" is not at all in short supply, but it is not easy to find real honey. Honey is one of the most frequently falsified foods.

In this article we will try to figure out how you can protect yourself, learn how to choose the right honey, and start by getting to know this product better.

What is natural honey? This is nectar collected by bees from melliferous plants and processed by them into honey. However, bees should not be fed sugar syrup. Food industry involvement is excluded. Nowadays it is possible to buy a product called "honey" that has never been touched by bees, produced with the help of the achievements of modern science. This business is less troublesome and the result of production can be predicted, but you should not expect healing properties from such "honey". It is much inferior in taste natural honey... If the "surrogate" is sold in a store, then in small letters on the jar you can read its composition - sugar and other components.

Beekeeping- it is not an easy matter. In order to get honey, it is not enough to build hives and purchase bee colonies. The volume of honey collection is influenced by various factors, among them the weather - rainy, too windy, arid interferes with beekeeping; the presence of honey plants in the range available to the bee; health of bee colonies and many others. In lean years, the collected honey is hardly enough for bee colonies to feed themselves during the winter. The yield of an apiary can be judged only by evaluating the result for several years. Only the tireless efforts and experience of the beekeepers lead to the emergence of a quality product. Due to such difficult conditions, many beekeepers are tempted to apply various manipulations, few of them remember the law of cause and effect.

Honey is divided into two types: floral and honeydew honey.

Flower honey produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers. Any honey - sweet clover, herbs, sunflower, buckwheat, clover, rapeseed and others are considered flower honey.

Another type of honey is more rare - honeydew, it can be animal or vegetable origin... Honeydew honey of animal origin is collected from some species of insects that produce sweet juice... One of these insects is aphid. Honeydew honey of plant origin is collected from the buds of some tree species (hazel, ash, oak, maple, ash, some types of spruce and fir, fruit trees), secreting juice in hot autumn weather. This "dew" is called honey dew. The taste of honeydew honey is different, sometimes it has a bitter taste, by the presence of which experienced beekeepers can determine it. It is darker in color, from dark brown to black.

Since ancient times, honey has been famous for its beneficial properties, it is considered a means of gaining longevity and painless old age.

Here are just a few beneficial features honey:

1. Vitamins and trace elements in its composition help maintain health
2. Has a bactericidal effect
3. Normalizes the activity of the gastrointestinal tract
4. Accelerates tissue regeneration
5. Tones the body
6. Stimulates the function of internal organs

Natural honey color can vary from practically colorless to dark brown, depending on the type of honey plant. The darker the honey, the more mineral and other substances it contains.

Honey also differs depending on the time and place of collection and even the species of bees that it was harvested.

Composition of honey .

Up to 80% of the volume of honey accounts for simple sugars - glucose and fructose (in approximately equal proportions), the rest is water, minerals, enzymes, amino acids. Due to the fact that sugars are in honey in a simple form, they are easily absorbed by the body, ready for assimilation, which is 100% complete. Our body does not expend energy on the assimilation of honey (if it is consumed within reasonable limits), which happens when consuming ordinary sugar.

Honey can be in different states - liquid, thick, sugared, homogeneous. A large number of varieties of honey gradually change its color and consistency during storage. This process is called crystallization (sugaring), which does not affect the beneficial properties of honey, despite the change in shape. Crystallization - the formation of glucose crystals. Fructose, in turn, does not crystallize. The more glucose in honey, the faster crystallization occurs. For example, sunflower honey begins to crystallize almost immediately after collection, and white acacia honey can remain liquid until spring. If there is less glucose in honey, it crystallizes more slowly or does not crystallize at all. Also in this case, honey delamination is possible - a crystal-like mass goes down, a more liquid one rises up.

Honey varieties in which crystallization is faster - sunflower, rapeseed, yellow thistle, honey collected from cruciferous plants.

Slower - fireweed, white acacia.

The percentage of glucose / fructose depends not only on the type of plant, but also on the geography of its growth. In colder regions, glucose in plants is formed worse than in more southern regions. This leads to the fact that northern varieties of honey crystallize more slowly.

The more fructose in honey, the sweeter it is (since fructose is 2.5 times sweeter than glucose). Therefore, such varieties of honey as white acacia, fireweed are sweeter than those in which the amount of glucose prevails.

Artificial honey does not crystallize, so crystallization is a positive process.

The crystallization structure may also differ, this process depends on various factors. At a temperature of 14 degrees, crystallization takes place faster than at a higher temperature, and the crystals are smaller. In a warmer room, crystallization proceeds more slowly, and the resulting crystals are larger.

Since the fructose molecule is lighter, it tends upward. Therefore, when storing honey, its stratification is possible, but it occurs rather slowly due to its high density. At temperatures above room temperature, this process is accelerated. Such stratification may suggest a poor quality of honey, but in fact it does not affect the properties of honey.

It is necessary to take into account the fact that honey cannot be 100% harvested from one plant species. Even if a mobile apiary goes to collect honey in a certain field, bees are free to choose plants on their own and can fly into a neighboring field, or collect nectar from weeds growing in the field. This affects the properties of honey.

Honey, the bulk of which (over 40%) is obtained from one plant species, is called monofloral. Polyfloral honey - collected from different plants. Let's consider the main types of monofloral honey:

• Buckwheat honey... The color is bright brown with a reddish tint, has a strong pleasant aroma.
• Acacia honey... Color from colorless to pale yellow, crystallizes very slowly. The aroma is faint floral, fresh.
• Linden honey... The color is white-yellow, white-amber, the aroma is intense, fresh, pharmaceutical. Crystallization rate is average.
• Rapeseed honey... Color from white to white-yellow. Crystallization is fast. The aroma is vegetable.
• Sunflower honey... The color is pronounced yellow. Weak plant aroma.
• Chestnut honey... Reddish brown to dark amber in color. Crystallization is slow. The aroma is intense, bitter.
• Clover honey... Color from light white to light amber. Fast fine-grained crystallization. Weak plant aroma.
• Melilot honey... Light amber color. The aroma is subtle.

A large amount of honey that is currently sold at fairs is of Chinese origin, called Altai, Bashkir or something else. Such honey is collected mainly in the subtropical zone, and this is an increased temperature and humidity. Bees on their own are not able to bring honey to the correct moisture ratio, and beekeepers pump out unripe and too liquid honey. In order to prevent the rapid souring of honey, antibiotics are added to it, which interfere with the fermentation process. Techniques of artificial drainage of honey are also used. Our beekeepers and resellers of honey are not lagging behind and use various tricks in the production and sale of honey.

It is not worth buying honey collected in contaminated areas, in places close to enterprises. chemical industry, CHP, large airfields. Toxic substances are concentrated in honey.

Most the right way to buy high-quality natural honey - to purchase it from good friends who do not put enrichment at the forefront, but strive to share a high-quality product with people. But, unfortunately, not everyone has the opportunity to buy honey from friends and trusted people.

A good way to check the quality of honey is a laboratory, but you will have to pay for such a study and it makes no sense to check every jar in this way. For example, only in the laboratory can the diastase number corresponding to honey be determined.

Let's take a closer look at the diastasis number. As with other natural and nutritious foods, honey contains several dozen different enzymes. Enzymes are catalytic substances that help and significantly speed up the process of digestion and assimilation of food. Among them are catalase, invertase, amylase, peroxidase, and diastase. The latter enzyme is best known among honey connoisseurs.

Diastase enzyme responsible for the ability to break down starch. Currently, many people assess the quality of honey by the diastase number, i.e. the amount of diastase in honey. But do not rely only on this parameter. Diastasis number may vary depending on the region in which the honey was collected, from the breed of bees, from the honey plant. When determining the quality of honey, the standard applies, according to which the diastase number should be at least 8. According to the presence of diastase in honey when laboratory research it is possible to establish whether the honey has been heated. If honey has been heated, the diastase number will be equal to "0". There are observations that the older the honey, the higher the diastasis number, i.e. it rises over time.

But besides the laboratory, there are some other methods of checking honey that can help us to protect ourselves.

Several techniques for determining the quality of honey that you can make yourself:

The maturity of honey.

The honey must be ripe. After the nectar is collected, the bees continue to work on it for about a week. During this time, excess moisture evaporates, complex sugars are broken down into simple ones, honey is filled with enzymes. Unscrupulous beekeepers, to the detriment of the quality of the product, pump out the honey without waiting for the moment when it is ready (only after the honey is ready, the bees seal it in the combs with wax). They can do this for several reasons:

• after corking honey, pumping it out becomes more difficult;
• want to send the product for sale sooner;
• being left without honey, the bees begin to harvest it again more actively;
• more such honey is obtained, since it contains a lot of water;
• shortage of honeycombs on the farm.

Excessive moisture contained in unripe honey leads to the fact that it is stored worse, the fermentation process starts faster in it, and valuable product loses its nutritional and taste properties. Normal moisture content of honey is less than 21%.

How to distinguish mature honey?

1. It is thicker, flows down beautifully and smoothly from the spoon with elastic threads, does not immediately become uniform on the surface. You can carry out such an experiment - if at a temperature of 20 degrees you scoop up honey with a tablespoon, and then begin to rotate it horizontally, the honey will be held on its surface, smoothly flowing to one or the other part of it, wrap around the spoon - the honey is ripe. Unripe honey will, without stopping, flow down in a thin stream or even drip.
2. Honey weight. Honey is a heavy product, it weighs more than water. With a normal humidity of less than 21%, 1 liter of honey weighs more than 1.4 kg (excluding containers).
3. Determination of the quality of honey by organoleptic properties. Of course, honey must be sweet. Only a few types of honey, such as chestnut and lime honey, have a bitter taste. The honey should dissolve completely in the mouth. After eating a spoonful of honey, you can feel slight irritation, tingling of the mucous membranes of the throat. Smell honey, smell its aroma. Honey mixed with sugar has no aroma and no pronounced taste. There should be no sour smell; it may indicate that fermentation has begun. The caramel flavor and aroma indicate that the honey has been heated. Natural honey may contain small particles - pollen, wax, sometimes, in case of poor filtration, wings or other parts of insects may be present. If the honey was not obtained from the nectar of flowers, but from the sugar syrup that was fed to the bees, such honey will be unnaturally white. So it will be if the main component of "honey" is sugar syrup. Often, bees are only partially fed with such a product and it is more difficult to feel the presence of sugar feeding in this case. It should also be remembered that some natural honey has a natural white color - raspberry, fireweed, some types of melilot honey.
4. Determination of the presence of sugar and water in honey. Take a piece of paper, dip it in honey and set it on fire. The water will start to sizzle, the sugar will crystallize, and the honey will just melt. Another way to detect sugar is to heat the tip of an iron wire with a lighter (for example, by straightening a paper clip) and then dipping it in honey for a few seconds. If after that the wire remains clean, honey is good, if a drop of "honey" "burns" to it, you have a fake.
5. Determination of moisture content of honey using bread. If a piece of bread is dipped into high-quality honey, it will not get wet, but it may become harder, since the honey itself will draw moisture out of it. Another test for excess moisture is if you drop honey on a piece of paper. If the drop starts to spread, and the leaf around it becomes wet, the honey contains excess moisture.
6. Determination of the presence of a chalky additive in honey can be done using acetic acid. If there is chalk, a reaction with intense release of carbon dioxide will occur.
7. The presence of starch or flour added to honey can be determined using iodine, if iodine turns blue upon contact with honey, starch is present in honey. The more starch is added to the honey, the more intense the iodine color.
8. If a small amount of honey is placed in a water bath and heated to a temperature of 40-45 degrees for several minutes, high-quality honey will have a more pronounced aroma, it will be absent from a fake.
9. Place honey in a cup of warm water, stir with a spoon. Honey shouldn't float - it's heavier than water. Real honey will quickly dissolve completely without sediment.
10. Real honey can be rubbed between the fingers, it is easily absorbed into the skin, fake honey cannot be absorbed - lumps will remain on the fingers.

The seller-beekeeper needs to request documents for honey:

• the veterinary passport of the apiary, which is issued by the regional veterinary service and is subject to mandatory annual renewal, the document is issued for the name of the beekeeper;
• help on the analysis of honey. The form of this document may differ depending on the region where it was received. The help contains information such as date of analysis, description of honey, humidity, acidity, diastase number, etc .; The presence of such a document minimizes the risks, but is not a guarantee of the quality of honey, since one can send one honey for research, and trade in another.
• a certificate of the presence of a personal courtyard, contains information on confirming the presence and number of an apiary.

There are other documents, but mostly they are not required for beekeepers.

A few more tips:

• Experienced beekeepers advise to talk to the seller, ask him some questions about the apiary and honey collection and see how he will answer them. Thus, you can determine if the reseller is in front of you. The more hands that honey has passed through, the less likely it is High Quality.
• If you are going to buy a large batch of honey, it is recommended that you first buy a small jar and have it analyzed in a laboratory, or use the advice above.
• Pay attention in what container honey is sold, from what container it is applied. If the container is metal, you should not buy such honey.
• Do not buy untested honey in a sealed jar on the market from unknown sellers. When buying, try to navigate and listen to your senses.
• Some traders, in order to attract buyers, give their honey interesting names, for example, cedar honey. This should not be believed, since bees will not be able to collect enough nectar for such honey. Perhaps there is a certain amount of cedar in the honey, but it cannot be called monofloral cedar. There is no honey from chamomile or sea buckthorn - there is no nectar on such plants, bees do not sit on them. There is practically no honey pink, St. John's wort, rose hips - from these plants bees collect mainly only pollen.
• If you do not have confidence in the merchants and you are afraid to buy "sweet" honey with an admixture of sugar syrup, starch, and other components, you can buy honey in combs, protecting yourself from some counterfeit options. But such honey still does not guarantee that the bees were not fed with syrup and that there are no bee medicines in its composition, which are sprayed on bees and combs if necessary.
• Choose the thickest honey, this may indicate its maturity.

Different approach to buying honey depending on the season

If you buy honey in winter, it is better to use candied honey, as it is more difficult to counterfeit. After all, it is not easy to artificially give such a look to honey. When buying liquid honey, the probability that it is of poor quality is much higher - perhaps, after natural crystallization, it again became liquid from heating, which will negatively affect its beneficial properties.

If you buy honey in summer and early autumn, it is better to take liquid, of course, if it does not belong to those types of honey that are prone to accelerated crystallization. Otherwise, there is a possibility that you will buy old honey that has been in use for a year or more. If this item is used, do not forget that liquid honey can also be last year's, but melted after heating.

Packaging and storage.

1. The container should not be metal, without enamel, otherwise, when interacting with it, honey begins to oxidize. Previously, honey was stored in linden barrels, smeared with wax, in which the honey did not spoil for a very long time. Galvanized and copper dishes should not be used under any circumstances, since honey reacts with such dishes and is filled with poisonous salts.
2. If you unpack honey on your own or take your own container with you to the fair, make sure that the container is clean and dry - the presence of moisture in the jar will reduce the shelf life of honey, odorless.
3. It is better to lay out honey with a wooden spatula or spoon, metal causes it to oxidize. Of course, in a short time of contact between the spoon and honey, the honey will not have time to strongly oxidize (therefore, there is nothing wrong with eating honey with a metal spoon), but if there is such an opportunity, it is better to choose a wooden one.
4. If honey is stored in an airtight container, it crystallizes much more slowly, which affects the taste of the honey, and not its quality.
5. Depending on the storage temperature, the crystallization process also differs, as mentioned above.
6. Honey tends to absorb moisture, surrounding odors from the air. This property is called hygroscopicity. It is advisable to store it in a dry, dark place. If the room is humid, honey can gradually build up, causing fermentation.

Myths about honey

• Mountain honey is better than plain honey. There is no such relationship with the beneficial qualities of honey. The quality of honey depends on how ecologically clean the place where the honey was collected, on the conscientiousness of the beekeeper.
• Wild honey. By calling honey in this way, traders want to represent it as one that was collected by wild bees living in hollows in the forest. There is practically no such thing in nature. It is difficult to find and collect it. Large volumes are out of the question. Moreover, it cannot be in the steppe regions, where there are no forests.
• Honey with "royal jelly". At fairs, many traders offer such honey. Consider whether it is worth buying honey with this name for a high price - after all, you can collect only a few grams of "royal jelly" from one hive.
• It is believed that honey is an allergenic product and therefore some people avoid using it. In fact, an allergy to honey is a rather rare phenomenon. It can occur if the honey is not of high quality and contains cane sugar, particles of plant pollen (if a person is allergic to the pollen of a particular plant), less often - a small amount of medicines with which beekeepers treat bees and hives. And although honey can become an allergen for a certain number of people, it can help others to cope with allergies and for this purpose it has been used since ancient times in Russia, especially honey in combs. If you know you are allergic to pollen, use your sanity with honey.
• Candied honey has lost its properties. As we have already discussed above, candied honey does not lose its properties, but on the contrary, it can be a sign of the quality of honey, since it is difficult to counterfeit. If the honey is quickly sugar-coated, this may also indicate that no sugar syrup was used in its production or was used in a minimal amount. Since honey collected with the use of syrup is candied much slower.
• Some consider "May honey" to be the most useful, but in fact there is practically no such honey in our nature. It is found mainly in the southern regions during the flowering of early melliferous plants, such as acacia. At the beginning of the year, a lot of nectar and pollen is required for the hive to establish work after winter, to feed the offspring. A careful and responsible beekeeper will not take honey from his charges. This term most likely originated before the changes in the calendar, when the end of May fell on the middle of June according to the current calendar. In an effort to get profit, unscrupulous traders sell last year's melted honey under the guise of "May" honey.
• Since honey the most useful product it can be eaten without restrictions. This is not so, everything is useful in moderation and you should not overdo it even with honey. The average consumption of honey per day is 2 tablespoons for an adult.

It is important to remember that honey is not just a sweetener, it is valuable food product which is able to strengthen our health. The considered methods do not allow to avoid all falsifications of honey, but they will allow themselves to be protected a little. You should not take risks and buy honey in places and from people who do not inspire confidence. You should not proceed from the principle - where is cheaper. It is better to buy less natural honey or not buy it at all than to buy something under its name.

Be mindful!

We wish you good health!

The value of honey has been known since ancient times; to this day, it is only reinforced through numerous studies. The beekeeping product acts as a natural immunostimulant and antidepressant. But honey has other beneficial qualities as well. However, in order to fully strengthen the body and not harm it, you must also familiarize yourself with the contraindications. Let's talk about everything in order.

Types of honey and their benefits

There are many varieties of beekeeping products, but we will present the most popular ones. After all, the positive and negative sides may differ slightly, it makes sense to familiarize yourself with the varieties in more detail.

1. Acacia Perhaps the most common beekeeping product. It is considered the best variety due to the abundance of beneficial properties and universal taste characteristics. The composition is dominated not by glucose, but by fructose.
2. Chestnut. This variety is characterized by light bitterness, pleasant chestnut aroma, darkish tint. I fell in love with people due to the most powerful anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial characteristics. This type of honey should be taken by people with kidney and hepatic ailments.
3. Mint. Differs in sedative, analgesic, bactericidal, regenerating properties. Recommended for consumption by categories of persons who are faced with a violation of the psycho-emotional environment. With insomnia, frequent mood swings, stress, you need to consume the product regularly. It contains many B vitamins, which tone the nervous system.
4. Lime. Refers to high quality beekeeping products. Has a pleasant aroma of linden inflorescences and a light yellow tint. He became famous among people of different gender and age for immunostimulating properties. Linden blossom honey promotes sputum discharge, prevents colds, and has a positive effect on the heart muscle.
5. Buckwheat. Nectar is collected by toilers bees from buckwheat, it has a peculiar pleasant aroma and a darkish shade with a red tint. It accumulates a lot of iron, therefore it is indicated for consumption by girls during menstruation and people who are faced with anemia.
6. Clover. Has a characteristic difference, which lies in the aroma of meadow grasses. Almost colorless, useful for the elderly. Perfectly affects the circulatory system, carries out the prevention of senile dementia, as well as atherosclerosis, stroke.
7. Crimson. The most popular variety of beekeeping product, which is suitable for taking during the spread of the epidemic of influenza, ARVI. Experts advise to eat honey with frequent travel and business trips in order to increase immunity during a sharp change in climate.
8. Cellular. As the name implies, this is a honeycomb bee product. They have a good effect on the oral cavity, disinfect, strengthen the gums, relieve bleeding, and prevent caries. Suitable for use as chewing gum, remove bad smell from mouth.

Composition of honey

Despite all the variety of honey varieties, the chemical list of substances practically does not differ. The difference lies only in the volume of this or that compound.

Experts have carried out a lot of research, so the composition of the beekeeping product has been thoroughly studied. It revealed more than three hundred biologically active substances that are difficult to enumerate. More than 80% of the volume is allocated to carbohydrates, which are not harmful to health. Saccharides are presented in the form of glucose, fructose, maltose.

Also, the composition concentrates many vitamins, among them the precious group B. Thiamine, pyridoxine, folic acid, riboflavin and others - all of them are needed to normalize the emotional background of a person.

Honey is not deprived of vitamin H, PP, ascorbic acid. In combination, the listed substances support immunity, free blood channels from cholesterol, and have a positive effect on the brain.

The product contains alkaloid and nitrogenous substances, enzymes, protein compounds, amino acids, aromatic components, hormones, lipids.

Also, honey boasts the presence of organic acids, phytoncides. All substances are calculated as a percentage, but the indicators vary depending on the territorial jurisdiction in which the raw materials are collected.

All the valuable properties of beekeeping products should be considered from the side of what substances are included in chemical composition... We figured out the list of compounds, now we will voice the useful properties of honey:

• increases the protective functions of the body during an epidemic of colds;
• prevents serious pathological changes in the heart;
• has a positive effect on the liver, gall bladder by increasing the outflow of bile;
• has a bactericidal and anti-inflammatory effect;
• successfully replaces sugar, does not spoil the enamel of the teeth;
• used in the treatment of rubella, herpes, other pathogenic pathogens;
• acts as an antioxidant, completely cleanses the body of toxins and salts;
• forms the child's nervous system;
• fights stress and insomnia when combined with milk;
• used for losing weight, because it increases all metabolic processes;
• stimulates neurons in the brain, enhancing memory, other important cognitive functions;
• prevents gastrointestinal diseases;
• regulates the intestinal microflora, enhances its motility;
• contributes to the development beneficial bacteria in the esophagus cavity;
• suitable for the elderly, restores strength, does not allow brain cells to be destroyed;
• concentrates substances that improve the functioning of the thyroid gland.

The benefits of honey for women

1. According to the above characteristics, one can understand that honey has a positive effect on the body. For women, it is useful during menstruation, because it replenishes iron deficiency, increases hemoglobin, relieves cramps in the lower abdomen, eliminates dizziness and apathy.
2. Honey is considered an element of youth, because it concentrates many antioxidant substances. With its regular and dosed intake, tissues are restored, the skin of the face is smoothed.
3. Buckwheat or linden beekeeping product perfectly copes with nervous tension. Mint honey is indicated for use in cases of insomnia, depression, chronic fatigue.
4. The composition is useful during breastfeeding, because it increases lactation, saturates milk with all useful substances and enhances its fat content.
5. Ladies who are carrying a child need to introduce a beekeeping product into the menu to ensure the correct formation of the fetus in the womb in accordance with the gestational age.

Honey for children

1. In the absence of contraindications, the bee product will be an excellent and useful addition to the daily diet. Practically every person knows the beneficial qualities of honey. The composition takes an honorable place among medicinal delicacies.
2. Systematic eating of sweet medicine will protect the child from vitamin deficiency and protect his body from the attack of viral diseases. In addition, regular intake of the bee product will have a positive effect on the mental activity of the baby.
3. Honey is considered an effective prophylactic agent in influenza epidemics. The composition quickly eliminates the symptoms of the disease. Soon, the cough disappears, the manifestation of colds and sore throats. Honey also has a positive effect on the child's nervous system.
4. The beekeeping product acts as a natural antidepressant. These properties are especially important when the child is exposed to heavy mental stress. Also, raw materials eliminate sleep problems and fully strengthen the body.
5. If the child does not have allergic reaction on the product, honey will have a positive effect on the activity of the gastrointestinal tract. Also, the composition has a beneficial effect on bone tissue, cartilage and ligaments. Valuable ingredients improve hair structure and skin condition.

1. The beekeeping product has a colossal positive effect on the organism of the stronger sex. Systematic consumption of the composition in moderation will help to charge a man with energy for the entire hard working day.
2. Raw materials can be eaten on their own or as a bite with tea. Honey will have tremendous benefits on the cardiovascular system. Also, raw materials are good at preventing the development of various pathologies. A beekeeping product eliminates hypertension by stabilizing blood pressure.
3. A systematic reception of the composition will help to avoid the formation of various pathologies. Also, honey perfectly prevents seasonal vitamin deficiency and colds. The composition significantly increases vitality and improves mood, relieving depression and chronic fatigue.
4. As a therapeutic and prophylactic agent, honey should be consumed for the treatment of prostatitis, impotence and adenoma. The product contains all the necessary trace elements and amino acids to restore the urogenital function of the stronger sex.
5. In addition, the composition has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antitoxic, choleretic, antiviral and vaso-strengthening effects. As for contraindications, only the daily rate of raw materials should be observed. It is also important to consider some health concerns.

Contraindications for honey

1. It is important to understand that, despite all the benefits, a bee product can significantly harm the human body. It should be noted that honey has a fairly high calorie content. Therefore, raw materials are categorically contraindicated for obese people.
2. There is no doubt that the product is quite valuable and useful for the body, but in the presence of an allergic reaction, the consumption of the composition is strictly prohibited. In addition, it is forbidden to give raw materials to young children who are under 3 years old. The growing body is simply unable to digest active enzymes.
3. Do not try to consume more honey than you should. Do not think that such a move will help you recover faster and saturate the body with the necessary substances. Often, such actions have a completely opposite effect.
4. It is important to understand that overeating honey provokes the development of serious problems with the pancreas and kidneys. For healthy person the maximum daily rate should not exceed 45 grams. Practical guidelines should not be neglected.

Honey selection rules

1. If you are choosing a beekeeping product for the first time, you should pay attention to the shade of the composition, consistency and aroma. It is not recommended to purchase raw materials in the store. It is not always possible to find a completely natural product on supermarket shelves.
2. Give preference to individuals. Closer to winter, slightly candied honey is often on sale. This phenomenon is quite normal and indicates the naturalness of the composition. Always taste and smell honey. Private entrepreneurs provide this opportunity.
3. Fermented honey often gives off sourness, and a white foam forms on its surface. Such a product is no longer suitable for consumption and will bring little benefit to humans. Try to find verified sellers through acquaintances. This move will be the most correct one.

Beekeeping products are very popular due to their usefulness to humans. In the absence of contraindications with the help of honey, you can achieve impressive results. Systematic eating of the product will significantly improve health, relieve pathologies and have a positive effect on brain activity, the nervous system. Do not overuse the composition.

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The benefits of honey for the human body are undeniable. This healing product can be used not only as a delicacy, but also as a medicine. Honey treats hypertension, gastrointestinal diseases, it is used as an expectorant along with milk and breast collection... Taking honey, slightly diluted with water, hypertensive patients need to keep it in their mouth for a longer time until it dissolves.

In general, it is believed that a spoonful of honey taken in the morning on an empty stomach with a glass of cold water is a medicine, and a spoonful of honey taken with a glass of warm or boiled water is already a delicacy.

Honey is great for massage, it improves skin turgor, smoothes "orange skin". Honey massage draws out excess salts from the body, so it is useful to massage the back and chondrosis in the neck with it, for example.

For a good and restful sleep

Just one tablespoon of honey at dinner is enough to keep you from having trouble sleeping. Usually, immediately after an evening meal with honey, sleep comes instantly.

When the nerves are naughty

This waste product of bees is very helpful in treating neurasthenia. If you began to scream and break down at loved ones, if literally everything irritates you and you cannot control yourself, then honey water can come to your aid again. In this case, you need to take it in three doses: in the morning (30 grams), at lunchtime (40 grams) and in the evening (again, 30 grams before bedtime), diluted in a glass of cool water, you can even warm it.

As a rule, improvement is felt within a week. general condition, insomnia ceases to torment, cheerfulness comes, efficiency increases.

Honey heals wounds, cramps and burns

Good health-improving results are obtained by using honey when healing wounds in a complex with grass melilot, with fish oil, in the form of honey-wheat cakes. It is enough to apply honey-herbal, honey-fat and wheat-honey cakes to the wound, as a positive effect is quickly revealed.

At spasms in the legs, in particular in the calves or feet, you need to take two teaspoons of honey several times a day (before each meal) for a week. Gradually, the spasms will go away. Taking honey can be continued for some time to consolidate the result and prevent.

With gastritis or ulcers

To people suffering acid gastritis , you need to take honey one and a half to two hours before meals 3-4 times a day. Take 30 grams in the morning and evening, and 40 grams in the afternoon.

Honey heals successfully ulcers of the stomach and duodenum ... To do this, you need to consume it 90-120 minutes before a meal or 30 minutes after it. Can be diluted with warm water. The effect is good. Treatment is carried out within one to two months. If the recovery has not gone completely, after a month the course of treatment can be repeated.

When the liver took hold

Instead of introducing a honey solution into a diseased liver, instead of glucose, a number of advantages are observed: the body receives a pure product containing enzymes, salts, minerals, vitamins, which well stimulate the filtering function of the liver, cleanse it.

During pregnancy

Often, expectant mothers have toxicosis. To make it easier to transfer, you need to take one tablespoon of honey in the first months of pregnancy 30 minutes before meals, and then lie down for a while.

For cores

Honey is good for edema of the heart and tachycardias ... It generally improves the activity of the heart muscle. For cores, honey is best taken by mixing with pomegranate juice, then the effect will be much more noticeable. You can also combine it with other beekeeping products (such as royal jelly or pollen) for even better results.

Be healthy!

Treatment with honey goes back to ancient times. Currently, scientific medicine has confirmed the medicinal properties of honey.

For honey to be truly medicinal, the following conditions must be met:

• honey shouldn't have been heated
• should not have been in direct sunlight
• stored in a dark, dry and cool room, ideally stored at a temperature of 5-10 degrees
• whether the bees were fed sugar or syrup
• honey should be kept in a glass jar or wooden container
• must not come into contact with metal

Contraindications to the use of honey

• restricted carbohydrate diet
• honey intolerance
• allergic diathesis
• with pronounced emphysema, with asthma and with attacks of suffocation, heart failure, with myocarditis, with damage to the heart valves, with pulmonary sclerosis, with cardiac asthma, with bleeding from the respiratory tract aerosol treatment should not be used

Internal use of honey

100 g of honey per day is considered a therapeutic dose, it is divided into several doses (5-6 doses per day). Doing more than 200 grams per day can be harmful. For children, the dose is 30-50 grams. The treatment lasts 1-2 months.

When treating the gastrointestinal tract, in order to preserve the antimicrobial properties of honey, it is recommended to first drink a little warm water so that the gastric juice cannot affect the antimicrobial properties.

Then dilute the honey with warm water, but the solution should be thick, you should not use a lot of water.

Honey only contains formic acid if it starts to deteriorate.

External use of honey

It is used for diseases of the skin. It is used in the form of compresses, solution, baths, ointments.

Due to its antimicrobial properties, honey eliminates pathogenic microflora, lymph flows out, blood flow to the affected area and tissue regeneration is accelerated.

For baths, a 30% solution of honey in distilled water is used.

As a result of experiments, it was found that honey loses its antimicrobial properties as a result of heating, under the influence of gastric juice, under the influence of ultraviolet rays.

Thanks to these properties, the growth of bacterial flora stops. Pathogenic microbes die in honey:

• colibacillus
• paratyphoid stick
• dysentery
• staphylococcus
• streptococci

Side effects of honey

Side effects occur in about 3% of people.

May manifest:

• on the skin
• in the gastrointestinal tract
• in the airways

Symptoms:

• temperature increase
• severity
• dizziness
• hives
• blisters
• dermatitis
• severe asthmatic attacks
• suffocation
• vomiting and heaviness in the stomach

Honey treatment

Treating wounds with honey

1. Swamp mire, 1 tablespoon, pour 1 glass of boiling water. Insist 30 minutes. Strain. Cool down. Add 1 tablespoon of honey. Use for washing wounds and ulcers.

2. Eucalyptus leaves, 50 g, pour 0.5 liters of water. Cook for 3-4 minutes. Strain. Cool down. Add 2 tablespoons of honey. It is used in the form of lotions and trays.

To reduce pathogenic microflora in the oral cavity

To use the antimicrobial properties, it is recommended to take honey in small portions, keeping it in the mouth for as long as possible. This reduces the pathogenic flora in the mouth, nose, throat.

Chamomile flowers, 1 tablespoon, pour 1 cup boiling water. Cool down. Strain. Add 1 teaspoon of honey. Use to rinse the mouth with sore throat, stomatitis.

Burn treatment

Honey is applied to the affected skin and a bandage is made.

With pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchitis, pneumonia, cough

Scarlet and honey... Aloe leaves 3-5 years old should be placed in the refrigerator or underground for 2 weeks. Then, rinse with water, grind and pour boiled water, in a proportion of 1 part of leaves and 3 parts of water. Leave on for 1.5 hours. Squeeze out.

Then, mix 100 g of the resulting juice with 500 g of walnuts (pre-chopped) and add 300 g of honey. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day, 30 minutes before meals.

Herbal decoction and honey... Prepare 1 glass of broth from: coltsfoot, black elderberry, linden, dry raspberries. Add 1 tablespoon of honey, take 3-4 times a day.

In old Russian medical books, there are many recipes for honey combined with chamomile, onions, nettles and other medicinal plants.

Honey and anise... Mix 1 teaspoon of honey, 2 tablespoons of anise seeds and a pinch of salt. Pour 1 glass of water and bring to a boil, drain. Take 2 tablespoons every 2 hours.

Plantain decoction... 1 tablespoon fresh plantain leaves pour 1 cup boiling water. Insist for 15-20 minutes. Strain. Then add honey in a 1: 1 ratio. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day, 30 minutes before meals.

Onions and honey... 500 g of onions, 50 g of honey and 40 g of sugar. Chop the onion as small as possible, mix with honey and sugar, pour 1 liter of water and cook over low heat for 3 hours. Refrigerate. Take 5 tablespoons throughout the day.

For colds

1. 1 tablespoon to 1 glass of tea and hot milk, add raspberries or lemon juice. Also add medicinal plants, which have a diaphoretic and expectorant effect.

2. Add 1 tablespoon of lime or sweet clover honey to a glass of tea or hot milk. Take at night.

3. Mix the juice of 1 lemon with 100 g of honey. Take before bedtime 1 tablespoon with hot tea or milk.

4. Mix equal amounts of black radish juice and honey. Take 1 tablespoon. Another way is to core the radish and pour in the honey. After a while, juice forms. Adults take 1 tablespoon 2-3 times a day, children 1 teaspoon. If 2 parts honey.

5. Mix horseradish juice and honey, in a 1: 1 ratio. Take 1 tablespoon in the morning and evening.

Linden honey has the greatest diaphoretic effect.

6. Chamomile flowers, dry, pour 1 tablespoon with 1 cup boiling water. Strain. Add 1 teaspoon of honey. Gargle the throat and mouth with the resulting infusion.

7. Leaves coltsfoot, dry, pour 1 cup boiling water. Strain, add 1 spoonful of honey. Take 1 tablespoon 2-3 times a day.

8. Leaves of coltsfoot - 2 parts, oregano herb - 1 part and 1 tablespoon of honey pour 1 glass of boiling water. Drink like tea.

9. Pour 1 tablespoon of elecampane with 1 glass of water and boil for 10 minutes. Cool, strain and add 1 tablespoon of honey. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day, one hour before meals.

10. Dried elderberries, pour 1 tablespoon with 1 cup boiling water. Insist for 20 minutes. Strain and add 1 tablespoon of honey. Take 0.5 - 0.25 glasses at night.

With flu, runny nose

Grate the garlic on a fine grater, mix with honey, in a 1: 1 ratio. Take before bedtime, you can drink it with water.

Mix 100 g of red beet juice with 30 g of honey. Stir. Instill in the nose, 5-6 drops in each nostril, 4-5 times a day.

Eye treatment with honey

For various lesions of the eyeball, 2% sulfidine ointment on honey is used.

In case of inflammation of the cornea of ​​the eye and corneal ulcer, the mucous membrane of the eye is irrigated with a solution of honey. In this case, a burning sensation may be felt.

For eye treatment, eucalyptus honey has proven itself best.

With diseases of the gastrointestinal tract

For a long time, honey was considered the best remedy for the stomach. Consuming honey aids digestion.

The systematic use of honey normalizes the stomach and prevents constipation.

With upset stomach... Dissolve 1-2 tablespoons of honey in a glass of water.

As a laxative... In the morning, on an empty stomach, take 50-100 g of honey, it is allowed to dilute it a little with water. Or give an enema using 10-20 g of honey.

With gastritis, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer

With gastric ulcer... Take honey 90-120 minutes before meals or 3 hours after.

A good effect is obtained by taking honey diluted with warm water. This weakens the walls of the stomach and aids in rapid absorption by the intestines. Taking honey diluted with cold water increases the acidity of gastric secretion, retains the contents of the stomach and irritates it.

If you have decreased gastric secretion and low acidity of gastric juice, you need to take honey before meals, for a few minutes.

Treatment of gastritis with bee honey can be combined with the use of medications.

With gastritis with high acidity of gastric juice... Dissolve honey in warm water and take 1.5-2 hours before meals 3 times a day. The daily dose of honey is from 20 to 150 g. The course of treatment is 1.5-2 months. Reception of honey for 90-120 minutes. before meals lowers the acidity and secretion of pepsin.

With gastritis with low acidity of gastric juice... Dissolve honey in cold water and take 1.5-2 hours before meals 3 times a day. The daily dose of honey is from 20 to 150 g. The course of treatment is 1.5-2 months. Taking honey immediately before meals increases the acidity of gastric secretions.

Mix 50 g of plantain juice with 500 g of honey, cook over low heat for 20 minutes. Refrigerate. Take before meals 1 tablespoon 3 times a day.

Pour 1 tablespoon of dry herb of marsh cushi with 1 glass of boiling water and leave for 40 minutes. Add 1 tablespoon of honey. Take 1-2 tablespoons 30 minutes before meals.

With diseases of the cardiovascular system

Take 100-150 g of honey daily, spreading it evenly. The course of treatment is 1-2 months.

2 cups broth of wild rose, mix 1 tablespoon of honey and take 1/2 cup 3 times a day.

With a weakened heart muscle... Take honey with foods containing vitamin C.

In case of heart disease, you should not take large quantities of honey with hot tea, as this will lead to increased sweating and increase the load on the diseased heart. Therefore, in case of heart disease, use honey in small portions.

With hypertension

Mix 1 glass of carrot juice, 1 glass of horseradish juice and 1 glass of honey with the juice of 1 lemon. Take 1-2 teaspoons 3 times a day 1 hour before meals. The course of treatment is 1.5-2 months.

With atherosclerosis

Mix onion juice with honey in a 1: 1 ratio. Take 1 tablespoon 2-3 times a day.

With neuroses, neurasthenia

100-120 g of honey per day. Take in equal portions throughout the day.

1 tablespoon of honey in 1 cup of warm water. Take at night. Acts as a sedative.

With erosion of the cervix

A gauze tampon moistened with a solution of honey and water in a 1: 2 ratio is inserted into the vagina, kept in the vagina for 24 hours. The course of treatment is 15-20 days.

After 5-6 procedures, the state of health improves significantly, the discharge stops. After 10-15 procedures, unpleasant sensations disappear, the composition of the secretion is normalized, and complete healing of erosion is observed.

With abscesses, boils

Pour 10 g of eucalyptus leaves with 0.5 l of water and cook for 3-5 minutes. Strain. Add 2 tablespoons of honey. It is used in the form of lotions and trays.

For nourishing the skin of the face and hands

Mix 100 g of honey and 100 g of almond oil. Apply to clean skin in a thin layer.

Take 90 g of barley flour, 40 g of honey, the yolk of one egg. Mix and apply in a thin layer on clean skin. Keep it on for 10-15 minutes, then rinse with warm water.

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Honey for teething in children

For children under 1 year old, give 1 teaspoon at bedtime. At the same time, there is a decrease in phosphorus in the blood and a decrease in the feeling of pain.